Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested was 4,550 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Saudi Arabia is 4,550 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Saudi Arabia peaked at 4,874 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1,500 ha, in 1961.
That places Saudi Arabia 62nd out of 116 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 1963 | 1,700 ha | +6.2% |
| 1964 | 1,800 ha | +5.9% |
| 1965 | 1,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 1966 | 2,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1967 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 1968 | 2,200 ha | +4.8% |
| 1969 | 2,300 ha | +4.5% |
| 1970 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1971 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1972 | 2,600 ha | +4.0% |
| 1973 | 2,700 ha | +3.8% |
| 1974 | 2,800 ha | +3.7% |
| 1975 | 2,900 ha | +3.6% |
| 1976 | 3,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1977 | 3,100 ha | +3.3% |
| 1978 | 3,200 ha | +3.2% |
| 1979 | 3,300 ha | +3.1% |
| 1980 | 3,400 ha | +3.0% |
| 1981 | 3,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 3,600 ha | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 3,700 ha | +2.8% |
| 1985 | 3,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 3,800 ha | +2.7% |
| 1987 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 3,900 ha | +2.6% |
| 1989 | 3,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 4,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 4,034 ha | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 4,050 ha | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 4,100 ha | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 4,125 ha | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 4,150 ha | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 4,200 ha | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 4,250 ha | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 4,300 ha | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 4,500 ha | +4.7% |
| 2000 | 4,300 ha | -4.4% |
| 2001 | 4,500 ha | +4.7% |
| 2002 | 4,560 ha | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 4,665 ha | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 4,734 ha | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 4,834 ha | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 4,681 ha | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 4,519 ha | -3.5% |
| 2008 | 4,509 ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 4,551 ha | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 4,596 ha | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 4,650 ha | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 4,700 ha | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 4,750 ha | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 4,874 ha | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 4,651 ha | -4.6% |
| 2016 | 4,640 ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 4,635 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 4,625 ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 4,565 ha | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 4,505 ha | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 4,565 ha | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 4,545 ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 4,539 ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 4,550 ha | +0.2% |
Saudi Arabia compared with similar countries
- Saudi Arabia's 4,550 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 2,190 ha, 2.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Saudi Arabia's 4,550 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,118 ha, 4.1× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,900 ha | 1,500 ha | 2,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,850 ha | 2,400 ha | 3,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,690 ha | 3,400 ha | 3,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,171 ha | 4,000 ha | 4,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,585 ha | 4,300 ha | 4,834 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,669 ha | 4,565 ha | 4,874 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,541 ha | 4,505 ha | 4,565 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
More agriculture & rural data for Saudi Arabia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.2 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0259 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.48 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 3.68 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1539 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Saudi Arabia?
- Other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Saudi Arabia was 4,550 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 4,874 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,500 ha in 1961.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 62nd out of 116 countries with data for 2024.
- Is other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.